Now my bloody dinghy's gone! Went down to Double Bay this morning to do a few things before sailing up to Broken Bay on Friday and my dinghy's nowhere to be seen. Can't work out why mine is gone; it was chained to the branch of a tree and there are plenty of newer dinghies around and some of them aren't even tied up! Only thing that might be attractive is that it seats four persons. Mother frackers.
Signs of feral youth about (beach fire, empty bottle of grog) so I'll call the local Maritime guy to see if he's seen it floating around. Maybe they decided to row home.
So I borrowed a nice plastic boat and oar for a few hours. I'll have to get the inflatable down there for Friday.
A friends yacht on the port hacking had its out board stolen recently, it was chained up and everything, there are also houses very close in plain sight. Anything left outside is fair game for a thief, its a heavy pain but I like to lug the damn thing in and out of the cabin, so its there when its needed.
Select to expand quoteDrRog said..
Now my bloody dinghy's gone! Went down to Double Bay this morning to do a few things before sailing up to Broken Bay on Friday and my dinghy's nowhere to be seen. Can't work out why mine is gone; it was chained to the branch of a tree and there are plenty of newer dinghies around and some of them aren't even tied up! Only thing that might be attractive is that it seats four persons. Mother frackers.
Signs of feral youth about (beach fire, empty bottle of grog) so I'll call the local Maritime guy to see if he's seen it floating around. Maybe they decided to row home.
So I borrowed a nice plastic boat and oar for a few hours. I'll have to get the inflatable down there for Friday.
Sorry to hear that could you let the water police or crime stoppers know, there is nothing they can do but it may help them in working out patrol areas.
Keith
One neat trick that I saw on a dinghy, the owner had cut two holes in the bottom and fitted 6" round plastic inspection ports there. When he went home he took the two screw in lids with him, the dinghy remained safe and unusable.
Select to expand quoteLooseChange said..
One neat trick that I saw on a dinghy, the owner had cut two holes in the bottom and fitted 6" round plastic inspection ports there. When he went home he took the two screw in lids with him, the dinghy remained safe and unusable.
Two inspection ports in the transom might be more practical though.
